Etude for Assorted Granular Processes and Xbox Controller

Program Note: This piece is designed to demonstrate a system comprised of three main parts: a Max patch that translates Xbox controller data to Max message data with the Human Interface object, a simple monophonic granulator Max Patch built around the groove~ object, and a 5 tap random interval delay patch also built in Max. Creatively, the piece aims to take the diverse sonic possibilities of these simple granular sound generation techniques and allow them to be performable and expressive. Technically, the patch gives the user the ability to granulate two separate samples at the same time, and also gives them the ability to swap between a collection of pre-determined samples. The player can modulate the speed at which grains are produced and may introduce randomness into the starting point of each grain. The player can also control the pitch of grains, while being able to randomly change the pitch of each grain. The grains produced by the two granulators can be mixed in with reverb live, and all generated sounds are sent through the multi-tap delay.